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+Donovan Petersen I know your comment is old, but here is my reply anyway: It is a non-VANOS engine so a non TU motor. 4 things are a dead give away. 1- the intake runners are larger than a TU/VANOS engine. 2- the intake tube going from the air filter to the engine is aluminum, TU engines use plastic all the way to the TB. 3- Idle Air Controller is visible above the TB. 4- no VANOS solenoids on the upper timing cover. I'm tackling this job on my car as I write this and I have the TU/VANOS version (99 iL). I've watched countless videos, read every post I can find and have studied the details religiously. I know I can do the job, but I'm fearing that I will mess up the VANOS timing and make matters worse and get stranded on the highway in the middle of nowhere.

You are correct. It is very hard to undo the main crank bolt, I used a wrench with an extension.

Ok thanks

The torque measurement for the oil pan is between 10Nm and 12Nm depending on the thread of the bolt.​Militos Service Manager

+Alton Brown is ebay someone you can really trust? have you tried other websites?

im going to do head gaskets and timing chain guides at same time im going to make a video step by step to help others this spring

ebay they are a lot cheaper iv checked that out already for the parts price . thanks for the video and the tool info .

This job takes over 25 hours, parts estimates range from $1k-1.5kThanks

+BloodScatter The BMW 2.8l is an inline 6 engine with a timing chain between the crankshaft and one camshaft and another short chain between the 2 camshafts. The simpler routing of the chain makes this failure less common but still possible. A drawing of your layout can be seen at //bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/E46-Sedan/Europe/320i-M52/L-N/nov1997/browse/engine/timing_timing_chain_lower_p

There is no V6...

Ok, thanks a lot! Great video by the way! :)

Yes, mostly as a result of not regularly checking and replacing the oil and filter.